Round Valley Restoration Project

[Andy]

I was curious about the work going on in Round Valley this week and found this notice on the state's website.

www.parks.ca.gov/pages/636/files/MSJposting2010.pdf

Anyone been up there and seen the construction site?

[Florian]

What caused the "unnatural disruption of meadow hydrology" mentioned in the link? I don't much like the idea of heavy equipment in a wilderness area.

-Florian

[bluerail]

Apparently, cattle grazing in the late 1800's started the demise of the meadow.

I wonder if cows ever came up Skyline ?

[halhiker]

Apparently, cattle grazing in the late 1800's started the demise of the meadow.

I wonder if cows ever came up Skyline ?

I'd imagine cattle came up from Idyllwild. Jim Wellman ran cattle up in the mountains and those cattle in Palm Canyon I think still belong to the Wellman family.

[Marknhj]

What caused the "unnatural disruption of meadow hydrology" mentioned in the link? I don't much like the idea of heavy equipment in a wilderness area.

-Florian

I was up there yesterday and work was well underway. There was a container or two plus bobcat's and other equipment. A dirt "road" had already developed by the trail. It was pretty weird to see the area as a construction site...

[halhiker]

I guess State wilderness standards are different than National wilderness areas. In National wilderness area all work must be done by hand. They can't even use chain saws unless specially authorized. There is NO way they'd ever use a Bobcat.